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From: al davis <ad252 AT freeelectron DOT net>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Revert "Reset refdes number to the question mark when parts are copied"
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:59:42 -0400
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On Tuesday 10 September 2013, John Doty wrote:
> Basic actions should be simple: the programmer should never
> assume complex intent for a simple action.

Tell that to the developers of gnu autotools.

Over the last few years, by far the majority of the time spent 
by gnucap developers is related to autotools cruft.